Are you a skater and wondering how to do a sit spin? Well, here's your step-by-step guide on how to do it.

Steps

1

Wind up the spin (with either back crossovers or a RFI 3-turn to LFO 3-turn straight into the spin. Speed is always key to a good spin.

2

On your step-in, think of your right foot as drawing an angle; as you push in it will draw from left to right, and then on a diagonal from that position into your other leg all AS YOU BEND YOUR LEFT KNEE.

3

You must get your knees together (get in the position) in your first rotation. This means you have to be aggressive with it. If your knees are together and you have good speed and properly understand the position, I promise you will "have it"!

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Tips

I was having trouble getting my sit spin until my coach gave me this great off-ice exercise: take a soccer ball, volleyball, basketball, etc. and stand at a wall with the ball between your back and the wall. Now roll the ball down the wall, into a squat-position as low as possible while keeping your feet flat on the floor. As soon as you reach the bottom of your squat, push back up (it is all one continuous motion). Your feet should be hip width apart. Do three sets of 15 of these (down & up is 1/15 of set 1/3) every day.

Have fun. Isn't that the only reason you're skating!?

Stretch on and off the ice before you attempt this.

When you wind up, try to go into the spin at a lower level than a scratch spin.

Warnings

If you're an inexperienced skater, leave this page alone until you're a bit better. Sit spins are quite challenging.

If you have a coach, (you'd better if you're intending to do this.) talk to him/her about it. See if she'll let you do the spin.